Not In Love With Liam

16~ Where We Part Ways

Chase and I had walked back down to Main Hall.
Coming in through our student entrance was a pair of faces I recognised as Noah's friends; Hayden and Darcy.

"For fuck sake.." I said under my breath as they approached me.

"Liam. You need to come outside-"
"Don't tell me what I need to do. What the fuck are you two doing here?" I unleashed my anger on them.
"Calm the hell down, dickhead, Noah's in hospital. She needs you." Hayden said.
"She deserves whatever she gets."
And with that, I turned around and walked back down to the foyer.
Chase followed.

"The fuck is wrong with him?" I heard Darcy say as I walked off.

I'd done nothing but love and put up with Noah this whole time. I still loved her after she left me for Satan himself when we were younger. I didn't hold anything against her after she jetted off with a total stranger - despite the fact that I'd spent hours upon hours looking for her- she didn't give a shit, she still strapped herself into that guys car, and left me. I took her home and took care of her, even after seeing her for the first time in four years, meaning she was basically a stranger again, but I still loved her.
She got moody for no reason, she wouldn't ever tell me what was wrong, and she put our relationship through a fucking shredder daily. But I still loved her.

I could deal with all that. I could handle her moods, her drinking and everything else she threw at me. But now I was done. I'd had enough.
She lied to me.

Nice guys finish last? Too fucking right.

I always said, Noah's been through shit, and Noah's had a rough time.
But really, she was never alone.

She'd held my hand and dragged me through hell with her.

Gabriel treated her like dirt, and she did the same to me.

He left her. She left me.
He came crawling back. We got back together.
He took drugs. She took drugs.
He lied to her. She lied to me.

She basically just reflected their ill relationship back onto me. And now? I was done with her.

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"So, you're sure about this? You really don't love her anymore?" Chase asked from across the table.
It was just me, and my closest friends, around a table in the canteen.
"That's what I said, isn't it? And besides, what do you care? You've never even liked her. You've been waiting for us to break up the entire fucking time, stop acting like you care."
"Wow.. relax, I was just aski-"
"Will everyone stop telling me what to do?" I slammed my hands on the table, stood up, and stormed out.

This girl was like poison for me. When I was with her, I was brain dead. My whole world revolved souley around her. And when I wasn't?.. I was a raging jackass.

The bitch.

I hated the fact that she'd broken my heart - again.
But despite everything, I still couldn't bring myself to hate her.

I had to go see her. She didn't ever answer her phone, so there'd be no point trying to text dump her.
I had to tell her in person.

What kind of girl actually requires a face to face breakup?.. Noah had me wrapped around her finger.

And she always would.

I threw myself onto my bed in anger and defeat. I heard someone coming up the corridor and quickly buried my face under a pillow.

"Hey." I heard Chase's voice. "Hey. Liam. Get up."
"No."
"Liam, I'm being serious."
"So am I."
"I really need to talk to you."
I lifted the pillow of my head and sat up. "What?"
"Look," he sat down. "I know, I've never liked Noah. But you know what? I'll tell you the truth,"